What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Stanfordian]

‘Grab This!’ - Johnny Griffin
featuring Paul Bryant with Joe Pass, Jimmy Bond & Doug Sides
Riverside (1962)

[teamsaint]

Sun Ra.
Other Planes of There.

Other recommendations for his albums ?

[Joseph K]

John McLaughlin & Chick Corea - Live at Campo Santo, Orleans, France, June 30th, 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qikNTaUnEI

Setlist:

01.Warmup
02.All Blues
03.Beautiful Love
04.Solo guitar improvisation
05.Someday My Prince Will Come
06.Solo piano improvisation
07.Limehouse Blues
08.Round Midnight
09.Blue Monk
10.Smile - Spain
11.Old Folks

[Stanfordian]

‘Dippin’ - Hank Mobley
with Lee Morgan, Harold Mabern Jr, Larry Ridley & Billy Higgins
Blue Note (1965)

[Jazzrook]

Ornette Coleman Quartet with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden & Billy Higgins live in Hamburg, 1987:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=w7jLdx4djZ0

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Blues Up & Down’ - Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis & Johnny Griffin
with Lloyd Mayer, Larry Gales & Ben Riley
Jazzland (1961)

[Stanfordian]

‘True Blue’ - Tina Brooks
with Freddie Hubbard, Duke Jordon & Art Taylor
Blue Note (1960)

[Jazzrook]

Walt Dickerson with Wilbur Ware & Andrew Cyrille playing 'Tell Us Only The Beautiful Things' in 1975:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=N1GiN_CMdN8

JR

[Ian Thumwood]

Clayton - Hamilton Jazz Orchestra -"Shout me out."

I have not heard this for ages but listening again I was reminded what a terrific big band this is. Led by the John and the late Jeff Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton, I suppose the music is like a West Coast equivalent of the Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra with the music coming out of the tradition of the New Testament Count Basie band yet wily enough to include a tribute to fellow West coast composer Horace Tapscott. Bassist John Clayton is one of those writers who is taken for granted, This band is well drilled and polished although rooted in more modern forms of jazz. Soloists include Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear and Bill Cunliffe. Having seen this band back Patti Austen in the early 2000s, I have to say that this is a top notch orchestra and should be better known - I think the infrequent and relatively small number of recordings in has made over the last twenty or so years means it remains comparatively unknown.

I have to say that , in these days when West Coast Big Bands seem to equate to the super-efficient Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band , the Hamilton-Clayton band is more credible as a jazz vehicle and thankfully eschews the cartoonish element of Goodwin's more fusion-laden approach. It is amazing how some orchestras / bands from the past continue to serve as a template for groups 50-80 years later, whether it is Goodman's quartet, the MJQ or Miles' second quintet. In the case of HCJO, it is Basie - even if the former does edge to a more "modern" approach.

Next up, CHJO Live at MCG but time for The Simpsons.

Did anyone see Ornette Coleman featured last night? Last week, Miles' "BoftC" record was cited as Lisa's favourite. Still not seen the episode with Sonny Rollins in. Essential viewing for jazz fans, I think!

[Serial_Apologist]

Clayton - Hamilton Jazz Orchestra -"Shout me out."

I have not heard this for ages but listening again I was reminded what a terrific big band this is. Led by the John and the late Jeff Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton, I suppose the music is like a West Coast equivalent of the Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra with the music coming out of the tradition of the New Testament Count Basie band yet wily enough to include a tribute to fellow West coast composer Horace Tapscott. Bassist John Clayton is one of those writers who is taken for granted, This band is well drilled and polished although rooted in more modern forms of jazz. Soloists include Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear and Bill Cunliffe. Having seen this band back Patti Austen in the early 2000s, I have to say that this is a top notch orchestra and should be better known - I think the infrequent and relatively small number of recordings in has made over the last twenty or so years means it remains comparatively unknown.

I have to say that , in these days when West Coast Big Bands seem to equate to the super-efficient Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band , the Hamilton-Clayton band is more credible as a jazz vehicle and thankfully eschews the cartoonish element of Goodwin's more fusion-laden approach. It is amazing how some orchestras / bands from the past continue to serve as a template for groups 50-80 years later, whether it is Goodman's quartet, the MJQ or Miles' second quintet. In the case of HCJO, it is Basie - even if the former does edge to a more "modern" approach.

Next up, CHJO Live at MCG but time for The Simpsons.

Did anyone see Ornette Coleman featured last night? Last week, Miles' "BoftC" record was cited as Lisa's favourite. Still not seen the episode with Sonny Rollins in. Essential viewing for jazz fans, I think!

No I didn't!!!

[teamsaint]

No I didn't!!!

Doh !!

[Serial_Apologist]

Doh !!

[Stanfordian]

‘Hi Voltage’ - Hank Mobley
with Blue Mitchell, Jackie McLean, John Hicks, Bob Cranshaw & Billy Higgins
Blue Note (1967)

[Tenor Freak]

Walt Dickerson with Wilbur Ware & Andrew Cyrille playing 'Tell Us Only The Beautiful Things' in 1975:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=N1GiN_CMdN8

JR

That's a great album.

[Tenor Freak]

The Chick Corea Memorial Playlist here at TF Towers is playing "Light As A Feather" (Polydor, 1972). Which I note from the Wiki page was recorded in London.